OPN presented their draft final report on Tuesday December 10 in the Library. We invite everyone to read the report and send the Library comments. Thanks to everyone who attended the Open House! We hope you are as excited as we are about this new vision of Rod Library!

UNI faculty, staff, and students and the UNI community are invited to the Feasbility Study Open House on Tuesday December 10 from 2:00-5:00 pm in the open area behind the Reference Desk on the second floor. OPN Architects will share concept drawings which will depict a 5-10 year vision for Rod Library. Stop by and take a look! OPN will give a short presentation on the report at 3:00 and 4:00 that afternoon as well.

This event is sponsored by Northern Iowa Student Government. Refreshments will be served!

If volleyball is more your sport you will find Rod Library and other local librarians and staff at tomorrow's game against Indiana State at 7:00 p.m. Watch for the Book Cart Drill Team during half-time!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Library last week to meet with OPN Architects in the Feasibility Study focus groups! You gave OPN a lot of great information about where we are as a library now and where we should go in the future.

If you were not able to attend a focus group but would like to share YOUR ideas on the future design of Rod Library send us your thoughts on the Feedback Form.

Sam Demas presented on "Library Building Design: Trends and Issues" on Tuesday, Octrober 1 in Maucker Union. This presentation was made as a part of the Library's Building Feasibility Study. See how Libraries are changing to meet the needs of their users in unique and comfortable ways!

If you cannot hear the presentation hover your mouse over the speaker, then move the slider that appears next to the speaker symbol to increase the sound level. This is a YouTube issue apparently.

The Library's Feasibility Study continues today, Wednesday Oct. 2, with three more focus groups. The focus groups are a great way for your voice to be heard. UNI faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a focus group to help us design the library of the future!

All sessions are held behind the Reference Desk. Follow the signs in the lobby!

Sam Demas, of Sam Demas Collaborative Consulting, will be giving a presentation on "Library Building Design: Trends and Issues" from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Maucker Union University Room on Tuesday October 1.

The University Room is in the lower level of the building.

No RSVP is required. Everyone is invited to attend. Come hear how libraries are changing to meet higher technological expectations and the evolving needs of today's students.